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to cross-talk washington's drone policies i'm joined by medea benjamin in washington she is the code founder of code pink and author of drone warfare also in washington we have morris davis he is a professor at the howard university school of law and in new york we cross to. he is a journalist and a former fellow of the council on foreign relations where i cross talk rules and effective means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it i mean if i can go to you first in washington before we talk about the look ality and you're teaching elements and moral elements of the drone policy i'd like you to reflect upon the fact that only four lawmakers listened to that pakistani family that made it all the way to washington who lost a loved one in a drone attack is official washington just doesn't care. oh definitely i don't think official washington cares very much if they did they would have done something over all these years that we've been using drones to try to get to the bottom of it they haven't demanded that the legal justification for drones be made public they ha
to cross-talk washington's drone policies i'm joined by medea benjamin in washington she is the code founder of code pink and author of drone warfare also in washington we have morris davis he is a professor at the howard university school of law and in new york we cross to. he is a journalist and a former fellow of the council on foreign relations where i cross talk rules and effective means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it i mean if i can go to you first in...
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anytime you want i very much encourage and go to washington first should be in washington the trial has been adjourned it started it's already been adjourned it's been described by morsy supporters as illegal unfair unjust and unconstitutional how do you react to that well first thanks for having me on your show. we can't judge. and call it unfair when it hasn't started yet yesterday we had the first hearing but there are signals on there are signs that we have seen that may make us believe that this is turning to be a political feud and this is what we don't need to see at this point the current provisional government has been backing over or has been backed by the military and this is a yucky situation for the military which is supposed to be. more independent. i personally believe that. could have been postponed until the roadmap gets. accomplished there are clear steps to where we can place egypt back on democracy. finishing the constitution holding a parliamentary and presidential election and then we you know the elected government that newly elected government could have been in
anytime you want i very much encourage and go to washington first should be in washington the trial has been adjourned it started it's already been adjourned it's been described by morsy supporters as illegal unfair unjust and unconstitutional how do you react to that well first thanks for having me on your show. we can't judge. and call it unfair when it hasn't started yet yesterday we had the first hearing but there are signals on there are signs that we have seen that may make us believe...
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to be honest we didn't expect one hundred percent answers when we went to washington the whole nature of investigating the stored in allegations of mass surveillance of spying meant that we were very realistic we didn't expect to get you know the definitive answers about what was going on we did try and justify what they were doing in fact we had private meetings with the n.s.a. homeland security department national security council and there was some justification given in fact you would have seen that. we had we had private meetings and then you saw a public statement coming out while we were there for the national security agency is explicitly about mass surveillance activity and you saw that coming from the n.s.c. on capitol hill while we were there and the justification given was public it was about this was done on the basis of you know the necessity of out to terror activity it was done in partnership with the government so they were they were in fact while we were there starting to rebut many of the allegations. and you can watch that episode in about fifteen minutes time also
to be honest we didn't expect one hundred percent answers when we went to washington the whole nature of investigating the stored in allegations of mass surveillance of spying meant that we were very realistic we didn't expect to get you know the definitive answers about what was going on we did try and justify what they were doing in fact we had private meetings with the n.s.a. homeland security department national security council and there was some justification given in fact you would have...
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if i go back to washington here what about aid from washington and let's talk about the aid that egypt is getting now from gulf countries particularly saudi arabia the now the one to end cairo has a as a comfort zone because if washington wants to play politics and i think all three was agree washington is on a very deep horrible job in dealing with the situation in egypt but you know the egyptians can leadership can just turn to saudi arabia for a blank check i mean that's pretty nice for the military. well let's take it step by step pete first i don't really think that the u.s. has any. effects whatsoever in whatever goes on in egypt after the twenty fifth of january it's the egyptian people who are deciding so unlike what people in the opposition may claim that the u.s. is backing morsi you know we used to hear liberals saying that when was he was in power and now we hear people from from the muslim brotherhood claiming that the u.s. is backing in c.c.m. backing the military i honestly believe that the u.s. . did not. support any president after mubarak or any egyptian leader after
if i go back to washington here what about aid from washington and let's talk about the aid that egypt is getting now from gulf countries particularly saudi arabia the now the one to end cairo has a as a comfort zone because if washington wants to play politics and i think all three was agree washington is on a very deep horrible job in dealing with the situation in egypt but you know the egyptians can leadership can just turn to saudi arabia for a blank check i mean that's pretty nice for the...
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if i go back to washington here what about aid from washington and let's talk about the aid that egypt is getting now from gulf countries particularly saudi arabia that now the one to end cairo has a as a comfort zone because if washington wants to play politics and i think all three was agree washington is on a very horrible job in dealing with the situation in egypt but you know the egyptians can leadership can just turn to saudi arabia for a blank check i mean that's pretty nice for the military. well let's take it step by step pete first i don't really think that the u.s. has any. effects whatsoever in whatever goes on in egypt after the twenty fifth of january it's the egyptian people who are deciding so unlike what people in the opposition may claim that the u.s. is backing morsi you know we used to hear liberals saying that when was he was in power and now we hear people from from the muslim brotherhood claiming that the u.s. is backing in c.c.m. backing the military i honestly believe that the u.s. . did not. support any president after mubarak or any egyptian leader after muba
if i go back to washington here what about aid from washington and let's talk about the aid that egypt is getting now from gulf countries particularly saudi arabia that now the one to end cairo has a as a comfort zone because if washington wants to play politics and i think all three was agree washington is on a very horrible job in dealing with the situation in egypt but you know the egyptians can leadership can just turn to saudi arabia for a blank check i mean that's pretty nice for the...
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cross like washington stumbling policies in the middle east i'm joined by my guest hosts in washington she is a journalist and antiwar dot com we also have stephen slawson juror in new york he is a senior fellow at the century foundation and author of the book act of creation right crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want it's only the three of us so please do jump in keli if i can go to you first in washington it seems that there is no narrative right now in looking at washington's and its western allies but its approach to the what some people would call the greater middle east which of course includes around i mean i and i'm an avid reader of antiwar dot com and i just don't see any kind of narrative i used in the introduction of this program the word stumbling and that's what appears to be stumbling go ahead. yeah and i would take a different tact i don't think it's stumbling but i think what washington's approach to the middle east and its foreign policy over the last several years has been you know as a tale of lost opportunities when obama came into
cross like washington stumbling policies in the middle east i'm joined by my guest hosts in washington she is a journalist and antiwar dot com we also have stephen slawson juror in new york he is a senior fellow at the century foundation and author of the book act of creation right crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want it's only the three of us so please do jump in keli if i can go to you first in washington it seems that there is no narrative right now in...
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the cross not washington stumbling policies in the middle east i'm joined by my guest host in washington she is a journalist and antiwar dot com we also have stephen slawson during new york he is a senior fellow at the century foundation and author of the book act of creation right cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in it anytime you want it's only the three of us so please do jump in keli if i can go to you first in washington it seems that there is no narrative right now in looking at it washington's and its western allies but in. approach to the what some people would call the greater middle east which of course includes around i mean i and i'm an avid reader of antiwar dot com and i just don't see any kind of narrative i used in the introduction of this program the word stumbling in that's what appears to be stumbling go ahead. yeah and i would take a different tact i don't think it's stumbling but i think what washington's approach to the middle east and its foreign policy over the last several years has been you know as a tale of lost opportunities when obama came i
the cross not washington stumbling policies in the middle east i'm joined by my guest host in washington she is a journalist and antiwar dot com we also have stephen slawson during new york he is a senior fellow at the century foundation and author of the book act of creation right cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in it anytime you want it's only the three of us so please do jump in keli if i can go to you first in washington it seems that there is no narrative right now in...
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if i go back to washington here what about aid from washington and let's talk about the aid that egypt is getting now from gulf countries particularly saudi arabia the now the one to end cairo has a as a comfort zone because if washington wants to play politics and i think all three was would be washington's then a very did horrible job in dealing with the situation in egypt but you know the egyptians can leadership can just turn to saudi arabia for a blank check i mean and that's pretty nice for the military. well let's take it step by step pete first i don't really think that the u.s. has any. effects whatsoever in whatever goes on in egypt after the twenty fifth of january it's the egyptian people who are deciding so unlike what people in the opposition may claim that the u.s. is backing morsi you know we used to hear liberals saying that when was he was in power and now we hear people from from the muslim brotherhood claiming that the u.s. is backing in c.c.m. backing the military i honestly believe that the u.s. . did not. support any president after mubarak or any egyptian leader
if i go back to washington here what about aid from washington and let's talk about the aid that egypt is getting now from gulf countries particularly saudi arabia the now the one to end cairo has a as a comfort zone because if washington wants to play politics and i think all three was would be washington's then a very did horrible job in dealing with the situation in egypt but you know the egyptians can leadership can just turn to saudi arabia for a blank check i mean and that's pretty nice...
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now out to washington state where the g.m.o. industry finds itself another fight against transparency on the ballot there is an issue to five twenty two which requires companies to label foods that contain genetically modified ingredients washington state is trying to do it california failed to do last year which has become the first state in the nation to pass g.m.o. labeling to believe that eighty percent of packaged foods in the united states contain g.m. most now this debate has attracted an enormous amount of money a lot coming from out of the state of washington so far supporters of g.m.o. labeling requirements have raised more than seven million dollars in their efforts mostly from thousands of individual donors but on the other side opponents of g.m.o. labeling mostly biotech companies like months. anto and dupont have raised three times as much more than twenty two million dollars and that cash influx has significantly move the polls survey of likely voters in september showed the labeling measure passing with two third
now out to washington state where the g.m.o. industry finds itself another fight against transparency on the ballot there is an issue to five twenty two which requires companies to label foods that contain genetically modified ingredients washington state is trying to do it california failed to do last year which has become the first state in the nation to pass g.m.o. labeling to believe that eighty percent of packaged foods in the united states contain g.m. most now this debate has attracted...
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congress pushing for new sanctions as our washington correspondent explains. right now negotiations with iran on a nuclear deal or at this very fragile stage with one big component missing trust iranians don't trust the u.s. they've been duped before washington doesn't trust iran when they say they're developing nuclear technology for civilian use and are not trying to build a bomb the u.n. nuclear watchdog just released the report saying in the last three months gone has not expanded its nuclear facilities it also said there were one has also not big on operating a new generation of centrifuges that quote no major components had been installed i don't react to being built at. this could be perceived as a confidence building step that you want is taking to move forward with a deal on its nuclear program the talks with six won't powers in geneva last week did not produce an agreement as we know but there is another round of talks coming up next week and this new report by the i.a.e.a. may play a role but will also play a role is what's happening here in washing
congress pushing for new sanctions as our washington correspondent explains. right now negotiations with iran on a nuclear deal or at this very fragile stage with one big component missing trust iranians don't trust the u.s. they've been duped before washington doesn't trust iran when they say they're developing nuclear technology for civilian use and are not trying to build a bomb the u.n. nuclear watchdog just released the report saying in the last three months gone has not expanded its...
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war on terror care only group in washington i'm going to . well for more about the spread of global terror i'm not joined live by the free he's an expert terrorism joining me live from the states gary wiley is the increase in global terrorism. well i guess if i had a new complete answer to that i'd probably be a far wealthier person than i am we can say that there is an increase and we our latest data suggest a fair amount of the increase has been with al qaeda affiliated groups and i say that you know loosely affiliated in some cases not coming though so much from al qaeda central in terms of the why one of the things that seems clear when you look at terrorism over the long term say going back four or five decades is it tends to have a kind of wave like characters so you tend to get a big ramp up eventually you hit a high point in groups dissipate in decline and we've seen that now in the modern world several different times and it's a minute treat approach to dealing with terrorism effective we're just reporting today for example the leade
war on terror care only group in washington i'm going to . well for more about the spread of global terror i'm not joined live by the free he's an expert terrorism joining me live from the states gary wiley is the increase in global terrorism. well i guess if i had a new complete answer to that i'd probably be a far wealthier person than i am we can say that there is an increase and we our latest data suggest a fair amount of the increase has been with al qaeda affiliated groups and i say that...
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war on terror care only grew in washington i'm going to. now africa is seeing a surge of radicalism our two spoke to iraq war veteran michael prysner about the issue and he believes the first step to stopping all of this shutting down the drone campaigns. the first thing that would go on a really long way to changing that situation is closing down all of the u.s. military bases that are in over one hundred thirty countries around the world many of them muslim countries ending the regular drone strikes that take place on these countries and of course kind of a daily terrorism and acted by the united states against other countries through drones you know that there's this term that they use to justify all of this is termed american exceptionalism which of course is an offensive term to many people but it's real meaning is that the exception is that the u.s. considers itself having the right to attack anybody in the world at any time to kill anybody in the world at any time to torture anybody in the world at any time to arrest anybody in the w
war on terror care only grew in washington i'm going to. now africa is seeing a surge of radicalism our two spoke to iraq war veteran michael prysner about the issue and he believes the first step to stopping all of this shutting down the drone campaigns. the first thing that would go on a really long way to changing that situation is closing down all of the u.s. military bases that are in over one hundred thirty countries around the world many of them muslim countries ending the regular drone...
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he's not going to do it live in geneva when he comes back to washington and he's going to do the he's going to see that crowd around him the. congress the on others the many kind right beings the public and party on oh yeah i'm going to have to give him my dear real hard on. well the potential agreement is not exactly pleasing iran as a long time enemy israel prime minister netanyahu calling it a mistake of historic proportions the international community got a deal this is a very bad deal and president obama called the israeli leader in a bid to try to reduce tensions in tel aviv though apparently his reasoning is not enough you can tell it just by looking at netanyahu is official twitter page moreover even with the u.s. secretary of state john kerry being generally positive about the course of the talks not everyone in washington is satisfied with the diplomacy i doubt very much that the diplomacy will be affected even if there is not the prospect that if diplomacy fails that we will in fact resort to military force however for what exactly the professor of political communication o
he's not going to do it live in geneva when he comes back to washington and he's going to do the he's going to see that crowd around him the. congress the on others the many kind right beings the public and party on oh yeah i'm going to have to give him my dear real hard on. well the potential agreement is not exactly pleasing iran as a long time enemy israel prime minister netanyahu calling it a mistake of historic proportions the international community got a deal this is a very bad deal and...
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delegation to washington which failed to get any satisfactory answers to spying allegations. remember way back when we first talked about the first downloadable guns that could be printed out on a three d. printer at home while technology moves pretty quickly because british police have already busted in the legal armory pretty out firearm parts and special three d. printers this technology may make gun control literally impossible in the same with the banning of burning books has become futile and the past they used to be able to just burn books or forbid them from being printed but in the age of the internet all you need is a scanner and an internet connection and the information that's found in a book cannot be destroyed because it is out there on the magical ether of the internet so basically the near future any person with even half a brain and some patients could start making guns in their basement which means the gun control laws will basically become pointless because they'll never be able to catch all the people doing it nor will be able to take the guns not even oba
delegation to washington which failed to get any satisfactory answers to spying allegations. remember way back when we first talked about the first downloadable guns that could be printed out on a three d. printer at home while technology moves pretty quickly because british police have already busted in the legal armory pretty out firearm parts and special three d. printers this technology may make gun control literally impossible in the same with the banning of burning books has become futile...
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washington d.c. has gone nuclear sort of earlier this afternoon the senate voted by a margin of fifty two to forty eight to change its rules regarding the use of the filibuster the so-called nuclear option although in reality the nuclear option should refer to the republicans this isn't a filibuster everything and blow up how the senate normally does business rather than refer to a relatively modest rule change by democrats to prevent unparalleled obstruction anyway. with this change from now on any and all of the president obama's judicial and executive branch nominees except for supreme court nominees will only need a simple up or down vote to get confirmed they won't need sixty votes anymore today's vote was the culmination of a long battle under mitch mcconnell's leadership of the g.o.p. minority in the senate the use of the filibuster has skyrocketed everything came to a head on monday when senate republicans blocked the nomination of robert wilkins to serve on the d.c. circuit court the second
washington d.c. has gone nuclear sort of earlier this afternoon the senate voted by a margin of fifty two to forty eight to change its rules regarding the use of the filibuster the so-called nuclear option although in reality the nuclear option should refer to the republicans this isn't a filibuster everything and blow up how the senate normally does business rather than refer to a relatively modest rule change by democrats to prevent unparalleled obstruction anyway. with this change from now...
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out reach to washington we find out why radians is so enraged.
out reach to washington we find out why radians is so enraged.
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is not satisfied with washington's explanation of n.s.a. surveillance allegations germany wants edward snowden himself to shed some light on reports of its chancellor's phone being tapped. brazil germany. and speed of course in the united states is going to repeat itself archies probably video agency speaks to n.s.a. leaks reporter glenn greenwald who is skeptical that america will stop its surveillance anytime soon. and behind the barbed wire our t. travels to the notorious guantanamo bay detention camp where the military staff denies that to the facilities it dark reputation marred by alleged torture and suicides is anywhere close to reality. a pakistani family that witnessed a cia drone strike which killed their grandmother headed to washington this week to testify before congress is going to shoot you can was at the emotional briefing where family members asked u.s. lawmakers why their home was targeted in the deadly attack. this was the first time actual victims of u.s. drone strikes were in congress and apart from the congressman who
is not satisfied with washington's explanation of n.s.a. surveillance allegations germany wants edward snowden himself to shed some light on reports of its chancellor's phone being tapped. brazil germany. and speed of course in the united states is going to repeat itself archies probably video agency speaks to n.s.a. leaks reporter glenn greenwald who is skeptical that america will stop its surveillance anytime soon. and behind the barbed wire our t. travels to the notorious guantanamo bay...
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and director of the center for political military analysis at the hudson institute also in washington we have daniel mcadams he's the executive director of the ron paul institute and in bangkok we cross to pepe escobar he's an investigative journalist and author right gentlemen cross-talk rules and effective means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it pepe if i can go to you first in bangkok what do you make of the deal is it a historic deal and will go anywhere of course it's historic i'm sure all reviewers remember real man the goal to tehran the neo kongs ten years ago before during and after the invasion of iraq bunch of losers real men do deals with their round so this is the number one i would say the only one so far. our victory for the obama administration it could be the beginning of obama's nixon in china movement block it's a long long shot we have six months ahead of us we're going to have the saudi wahhabi israeli. while i could say link but it's not to link in fact it's an axis badly disguised axis trying to derail this by all means necessary we'r
and director of the center for political military analysis at the hudson institute also in washington we have daniel mcadams he's the executive director of the ron paul institute and in bangkok we cross to pepe escobar he's an investigative journalist and author right gentlemen cross-talk rules and effective means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it pepe if i can go to you first in bangkok what do you make of the deal is it a historic deal and will go anywhere of...
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cross talk washington stumbling policies in the middle east i'm joined by my guest host in washington she is a journalist and antiwar dot com we also have stephen slice and you're in new york he is a senior fellow at the century foundation and author of the book act of creation all right cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in any time you want it's only the three of us so please do jump in keli if i can go to you first in washington it seems that there is no narrative right now in looking at it washington's and its western allies but its approach to the to what some people would call the greater middle east which of course includes around i mean i and i'm an avid reader of antiwar dot com and i just don't see any kind of narrative i used in the introduction of this program the word stumbling and that's what appears to be stumbling go ahead. yeah and i would take a different tact i don't think it's stumbling but i think what washington's approach to the middle east and its foreign policy over the last several years has been you know as a tale of lost opportunities when o
cross talk washington stumbling policies in the middle east i'm joined by my guest host in washington she is a journalist and antiwar dot com we also have stephen slice and you're in new york he is a senior fellow at the century foundation and author of the book act of creation all right cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in any time you want it's only the three of us so please do jump in keli if i can go to you first in washington it seems that there is no narrative right now...
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to cross talk the developments in the middle east i'm joined by our son in washington he's a visiting scholar at the carnegie endowment for international peace and in london we crossed he is a political analyst and writer i'd tell me cross talk rules in fact that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it if i go to you first in washington it's. a long two years in the greater middle east and then all started out by saying by calling it the arab awakening. do you like terms like that anymore does it does it have it does that resonate with you considering what's happened in so many different countries in this very volatile region. well i think the first thing to say is that it i've never really considered it actually a useful term from the beginning and one of the things about the arab spring is the way people refer to it is that they sort of understood it as a transitional process that would lead to democracy but ultimately we had no idea whether that would be the case from the very beginning so if you talk to people down the grounding karo in tunis except for
to cross talk the developments in the middle east i'm joined by our son in washington he's a visiting scholar at the carnegie endowment for international peace and in london we crossed he is a political analyst and writer i'd tell me cross talk rules in fact that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it if i go to you first in washington it's. a long two years in the greater middle east and then all started out by saying by calling it the arab awakening. do you like...
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with the main event here in washington and when it begins this tuesday morning i'll be your eyes and ears so please tune in in washington i'm going to check on well earlier i spoke with american activist greg hey she says the group has a very clear distinction between what's right and what's legal one of my big pushes with all of the kind of real world stuff we've been doing not the online stuff for me has been to get more people what i like to call activated get more people out there just doing something you know i don't even care what you believe i want you on the streets telling people about it in getting things done so i think this type of event is going to just help to get more people active in the system and i have a feeling that more people active in the system can only be better for the people do you feel anonymous might actually alienate people because you talked about the protests there which is fair enough but also they do hack websites and people could legitimately say well actually it's not a criminal offense to be want to be part of this you know there's a distinction t
with the main event here in washington and when it begins this tuesday morning i'll be your eyes and ears so please tune in in washington i'm going to check on well earlier i spoke with american activist greg hey she says the group has a very clear distinction between what's right and what's legal one of my big pushes with all of the kind of real world stuff we've been doing not the online stuff for me has been to get more people what i like to call activated get more people out there just...
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killings after washington refused to help despite allegations from locals of american involvement in the deaths. we hear from a journalist who says he's going to evidence to the truth behind the operations in afghanistan. america. against iran despite predictions that nuclear negotiations in geneva will break new ground. immigration problem by sending out threatening text messages with intimidating advertising but its effectiveness is testing the public's patience. all of us here. welcome to the program today. live from the russian capital with your top news headlines afghan intelligence has been left to bathilde by the mystery surrounding the bodies of ten civilians have dug up near a u.s. army outpost very close to kabul but there seems little chance those responsible will be found afghanistan has not decided to scrap the probe into the murders off the washington refused to cooperate and that's despite the victims being identified as a group of locals detained by u.s. special forces who were operating in that area however military officials in washington have long said that troops
killings after washington refused to help despite allegations from locals of american involvement in the deaths. we hear from a journalist who says he's going to evidence to the truth behind the operations in afghanistan. america. against iran despite predictions that nuclear negotiations in geneva will break new ground. immigration problem by sending out threatening text messages with intimidating advertising but its effectiveness is testing the public's patience. all of us here. welcome to...
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and afghan probe into a series of brutal civilian killings is scrapped off to washington refuses to help despite allegations from locals of american involvement in the deaths we hear from a journalist who says he's got direct evidence pointing to be ugly truth behind the operations in afghanistan. america prolongs its decades long sanctions regime against iran despite predictions that nuclear negotiations in geneva will achieve new breakthroughs. i'm britain topples its immigration problem by sending out threatening text messages vans with intimidating advertising put its effectiveness to simply testing the public's patience. news team welcome to the program today i'm. top headlines for this hour afghan intelligence has been left baffled by the mystery surrounding the bodies of ten civilians dug up near a u.s. army outpost close to kabul but there seems little chance of those responsible will be found afghanistan has now decided to scrap the probe into the murders off the washington refused to cooperate that's despite the victims being identified as a group of locals detained by u.s. spe
and afghan probe into a series of brutal civilian killings is scrapped off to washington refuses to help despite allegations from locals of american involvement in the deaths we hear from a journalist who says he's got direct evidence pointing to be ugly truth behind the operations in afghanistan. america prolongs its decades long sanctions regime against iran despite predictions that nuclear negotiations in geneva will achieve new breakthroughs. i'm britain topples its immigration problem by...
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the prime minister of pakistan was in washington d.c. only a week back and he had spoken to president obama taken him into confidence regarding the dialogue process and it also made a request for the drone attacks to stop because we've. made it a precondition but the drone attacks must come to an end before they come to the dialogue be able but instead of the drone attacks being stop big continued i mean buddy who is going to suffer or it is going to be the people of pakistan not the us the united states does not have the right to be judge jury and executor all rolled into one without any authority the french government proposed taxes hit a nerve with the public as thousands hit the streets calling for it to be scrapped immediately. the french brittany has been rocked by protests which turned violent police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse angry crowds hurling rocks and bottles in response eco tax imposes levies on trucks weighing more than three and a half tons. and in the concerns that it could drive companies out of busines
the prime minister of pakistan was in washington d.c. only a week back and he had spoken to president obama taken him into confidence regarding the dialogue process and it also made a request for the drone attacks to stop because we've. made it a precondition but the drone attacks must come to an end before they come to the dialogue be able but instead of the drone attacks being stop big continued i mean buddy who is going to suffer or it is going to be the people of pakistan not the us the...
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to be honest we didn't expect one hundred percent answers when we went to washington the whole nature of investigating. allegations of massive failure of spying meant that we were very realistic we didn't expect to get you know the definitive answers about what was going on if you have a breakdown of trust between the e.u. and us on this set of allegations and we've said this to our counterparts and we know this is that this is an issue. between the e.u. and us if you have this great of trust and you don't repair it there are commercial implications. and coming your way here on r.t. when cash is king u.k. aristocrats are a last on the breadline. birth place of employment because we're right with that i mean. i'm not i don't have been in skills that i can so. our team needs the blue bloods who are now feeling the economic pinch of that story and more just to have a. wealthy british style it's time to explain. to the. markets why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy is a report on our. choose your language. with. she was the cutest the concerns get to. choose the
to be honest we didn't expect one hundred percent answers when we went to washington the whole nature of investigating. allegations of massive failure of spying meant that we were very realistic we didn't expect to get you know the definitive answers about what was going on if you have a breakdown of trust between the e.u. and us on this set of allegations and we've said this to our counterparts and we know this is that this is an issue. between the e.u. and us if you have this great of trust...
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drone attack travels to washington to tell congress how her home was destroyed and her grandmother was killed. this week angered by n.s.a. spying and e.u. delegation fails to get explanations from u.s. officials while germany turns to edward snowden to get answers about the tapping of chancellor merkel's phone. in germany he. is going to repeat it continuously we hear from n.s.a. leaks reporter glenn greenwald who says u.s. intelligence will continue to harvest data despite outrage from the public and its allies. and behind the barbed wire reports from inside guantanamo prison where over a dozen detainees are still on hunger strike in a bit of protest over the indefinite detention and mistreatment. you know back in the top stories from the past seven days and the latest developments this is the weekly on. a pakistani family who lost their grandmother in a cia drone strike traveled to washington this week to testify before congress. was at the emotional briefing where family members asked u.s. lawmakers why their home was targeted in the first place. this was the first time actual victi
drone attack travels to washington to tell congress how her home was destroyed and her grandmother was killed. this week angered by n.s.a. spying and e.u. delegation fails to get explanations from u.s. officials while germany turns to edward snowden to get answers about the tapping of chancellor merkel's phone. in germany he. is going to repeat it continuously we hear from n.s.a. leaks reporter glenn greenwald who says u.s. intelligence will continue to harvest data despite outrage from the...
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the prime minister of pakistan was in washington d.c. only a week back and he had spoken to president obama taken him into confidence regarding the dialogue process and it also made a request for the drone attacks to stop because the taliban pakistan had made it a precondition but the drone attacks must come to an end before they come to the dialogue be able but instead of the drone attacks being stop big continued so anybody who is going to stop or it is going to be the people of pakistan and not the us the united states does not have the right to be judge jury and executor all rolled into one without any authority. the french government proposed eco taxes hit a nerve with the public as thousands hit the streets calling for it to be scrapped immediately i. french region of britain has been rocked by protests which turn violent police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse angry crowds herding rocks and bottles in response eco tax imposes levies on trucks way more than three and a half tons but has been suspended amid concerns that
the prime minister of pakistan was in washington d.c. only a week back and he had spoken to president obama taken him into confidence regarding the dialogue process and it also made a request for the drone attacks to stop because the taliban pakistan had made it a precondition but the drone attacks must come to an end before they come to the dialogue be able but instead of the drone attacks being stop big continued so anybody who is going to stop or it is going to be the people of pakistan and...
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may play a role but will also play a role is what's happening here in washington and the u.s. congress wants to pass a new round of sanctions president obama has urged congress not to do that he said if the u.s. is serious about using diplomacy to prevent iran from developing nuclear weapons there is no. sanctions on top of sanctions already in place. so congress can potentially undermine any chance there is for a deal. the iranians in this view that whatever they do washington is not going to lift the sanctions and is not going to recognize their rights to develop a nuclear program for civilian use in washington i'm going to check out. israel seems to be using all its powers of persuasion in washington to push for new sanctions on iran and with force of who is an investigative journalist and historian only u.s. national security policy believes that lobbying will make that happen i don't think the president's statement or speech at this point is going to hold off the members of congress who are determined to go ahead with this move i think the house is more likely to be respo
may play a role but will also play a role is what's happening here in washington and the u.s. congress wants to pass a new round of sanctions president obama has urged congress not to do that he said if the u.s. is serious about using diplomacy to prevent iran from developing nuclear weapons there is no. sanctions on top of sanctions already in place. so congress can potentially undermine any chance there is for a deal. the iranians in this view that whatever they do washington is not going to...
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war on terror care only group in washington i'm going to. well to discuss this issue further we're now joined by political analyst soon. well who is in london the leader of iraq is appealing to the international community for help to fight against terrorism in his country what sort of help is he talking about here. thank you for having me the maliki the prime minister of iraq one he made that call i think what he means by it is providing intelligence. and support to because he fears that the spillover from syria is affecting the level of violence in iraq and al qaeda affiliated group to have established. very well in syria they filter it in the border and carried out bombings and the level of violence in iraq as a whole has increased because of that and obviously what he's asking the international community or the u.s. i think one of part of his visit is to try to get the u.s. congress and other politicians in the capitol hill to agree to supply in iraq with . sophisticated helicopters helicopters and. weaponry military is a pause looking at
war on terror care only group in washington i'm going to. well to discuss this issue further we're now joined by political analyst soon. well who is in london the leader of iraq is appealing to the international community for help to fight against terrorism in his country what sort of help is he talking about here. thank you for having me the maliki the prime minister of iraq one he made that call i think what he means by it is providing intelligence. and support to because he fears that the...
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you isn't satisfied with washington's explanation of n.s.a. surveillance allegations germany wants edward snowden himself to shed some light on reports of its chancellor's phone being. brazil germany. and of course in the united states is going to repeat it's a. video agency speaks to n.s.a. leaks reporter glenn greenwald who is skeptical that america will stop its surveillance anytime soon. and behind the barbed wire our team travels to the notorious detention camp where the military staff. facilities dark reputation by alleged torture and suicides is anywhere close to reality. casting live from our studios in moscow with our weekly report this is r t i'm sean thomas glad to have you with us. a pakistani family that witnessed a cia drone strike which killed their grandmother headed to washington this week to testify before congress is going to touch a can was at the emotional briefing where family members asked u.s. lawmakers why their home was targeted in the deadly attack this was the first time actual victims of u.s. drone strikes were in
you isn't satisfied with washington's explanation of n.s.a. surveillance allegations germany wants edward snowden himself to shed some light on reports of its chancellor's phone being. brazil germany. and of course in the united states is going to repeat it's a. video agency speaks to n.s.a. leaks reporter glenn greenwald who is skeptical that america will stop its surveillance anytime soon. and behind the barbed wire our team travels to the notorious detention camp where the military staff....
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one of the most celebrated investigative journalist of our time bob woodward of the washington post he's a reporter on every president since nixon and he's the author or co-author of a dozen number one best selling nonfiction book. considering what he's covered over the years it's appropriate that he joins me at the historic day adams otel overlooking the white house on next politicking. it's always great to go back to washington especially on a lovely day like today and especially to be with an old friend like bob woodward the pulitzer prize winning journalist work for the washington post since one thousand nine hundred seventy one currently is associate editor author a co-author of twelve number one national bestselling nonfiction books most recently the price of politics that is out in paperback with the many of them that is star of chaos otello kate across from the white house and the executive office buildings over there of as the white house president obama and his family say they have the two weeks prior to his first inauguration the president is approaching the end of his fifth y
one of the most celebrated investigative journalist of our time bob woodward of the washington post he's a reporter on every president since nixon and he's the author or co-author of a dozen number one best selling nonfiction book. considering what he's covered over the years it's appropriate that he joins me at the historic day adams otel overlooking the white house on next politicking. it's always great to go back to washington especially on a lovely day like today and especially to be with...
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the american ambassador saying washington scuttled talks with islamist militants after a u.s. drone killed the leader of the taliban in the country. live from our studio center here in moscow which just turned eight pm this is a party british authorities say the partner of a newspaper reporter who's been publishing edward snowden's leaks was involved in espionage and terrorism was made in the scotland yard document which is being used as evidence in a london court hearing. is closely following the case. now the document was put together it was read pardew's the legal action that david miranda has longer against the british government that's according to the documents that were taken for him to be returned and questioning indeed the legality of his detention if he called to mind back to the end of august he was detained when he arrived from thailand at heathrow airport question for nine hours and had these documents seized from him that sheet that was read in court saying that the intelligence indicated that miranda was likely to be involved in espionage activity and that had t
the american ambassador saying washington scuttled talks with islamist militants after a u.s. drone killed the leader of the taliban in the country. live from our studio center here in moscow which just turned eight pm this is a party british authorities say the partner of a newspaper reporter who's been publishing edward snowden's leaks was involved in espionage and terrorism was made in the scotland yard document which is being used as evidence in a london court hearing. is closely following...
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again and she can meet up with some of the activists in washington d.c. to find out what's driving them into action. the anonymous are calling for hacktivists activists and ordinary citizens to stand up against what they see is a police state battle i'm joined by the organizer of the upcoming rally here in washington the million mask march john anthony ferre hurst thank you so much for joining me thanks for coming down you know right john you say a police state they say secure state what do you think about that dilemma. i think it's kind of like a lot of crime you know that you know you can't give up your freedom just to be safe you know the main criticism is that such a decentralized force will die down like the occupy movement has the many ways i'm going to explain what i mean i mean did they did they stop the overtake the corporate overtake no they did not will you stop the n.s.a. what is your answer to that like to you know but you know. i think we're not we're not slowing down we are speeding up i mean this started this with one a vent here in washin
again and she can meet up with some of the activists in washington d.c. to find out what's driving them into action. the anonymous are calling for hacktivists activists and ordinary citizens to stand up against what they see is a police state battle i'm joined by the organizer of the upcoming rally here in washington the million mask march john anthony ferre hurst thank you so much for joining me thanks for coming down you know right john you say a police state they say secure state what do you...
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american rallied years thousands demonstrate against president outreach to washington we found out why write in to so enraged. even just past ten pm here in moscow. this is not international law top story than this the trial of egypt's ousted president mohamed morsi has been adjourned until january next year he's been charged with inciting the killing of protesters last december hundreds of the former lead to supporters have been rallying outside the courthouse in cairo amid a heavy police presence. was there for us. the proceedings adjourned to show time because they will start again on january the eighth which to me is bell to tell you inside the court what actually happened there well as we've heard it has been adjourned until the eighth of january in about three months time and then purpose of that is for the lowest have a look at these enormous case files this is said to be his biggest find to six thousand pages long and all the lawyers concerned both those supposing most in his aides and those against him in the trial haven't had an opportunity to look at those files yet so they
american rallied years thousands demonstrate against president outreach to washington we found out why write in to so enraged. even just past ten pm here in moscow. this is not international law top story than this the trial of egypt's ousted president mohamed morsi has been adjourned until january next year he's been charged with inciting the killing of protesters last december hundreds of the former lead to supporters have been rallying outside the courthouse in cairo amid a heavy police...
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to be honest with you washington is not run by the president. and i mean washington it is run its foreign policy it's quiet by lobby groups and congressional members at the moment especially with this president are far more powerful than the store bomber so to think that things will change now because there's been this initial first step it's it's it's being very optimistic and it's good to be optimistic but one has to be realistic and already before listening to stick a i was listening to c.n.n. which is america's main mouthpiece which tends to be neutral and you can see still hear the same rhetoric about iran so you know as i said it taken thirty four years to build it will to demonize iran it will not go away overnight and if there's no will for it to go away yes mr obama may have had the political will is still out on that as far as i'm concerned but the united states congress the lobby groups the think tanks the media then i was on board with this well you know we're just going back to what the u.n. secretary of state john kerry said today
to be honest with you washington is not run by the president. and i mean washington it is run its foreign policy it's quiet by lobby groups and congressional members at the moment especially with this president are far more powerful than the store bomber so to think that things will change now because there's been this initial first step it's it's it's being very optimistic and it's good to be optimistic but one has to be realistic and already before listening to stick a i was listening to...
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washington tries to whitewash a multimillion dollar british inquiry into the roots of iraqi invasion in case it reveals a few painful home truths between bush and blair. and america moving private prisons lobby for tougher sentences and more inmates but an ex-con tells us how profits a big put before rehabilitating criminals into society. very good evening from a kevin o. into the light of your company without international tonight our top story than syria's chemical disarmament is approaching a crucial phase with the roadmap for the weapons actual destruction about to be approved the toxic arsenal is most likely going to be sent abroad for that part of the process a middle east correspondent reports next on the progress being made and the commitment shown by damascus. today is the deadline for the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons to go up destruction and deadlines for syria's chemical arsenal so far damascus has made all deadlines in its destruction program with the latest being the first of november when it had to destroy all equipment used for the mixing of con
washington tries to whitewash a multimillion dollar british inquiry into the roots of iraqi invasion in case it reveals a few painful home truths between bush and blair. and america moving private prisons lobby for tougher sentences and more inmates but an ex-con tells us how profits a big put before rehabilitating criminals into society. very good evening from a kevin o. into the light of your company without international tonight our top story than syria's chemical disarmament is approaching...